Article by Smriti Aveeka Vats
This case note examines the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision in T.O. v. Fort Bend Independent School District, 2 F. 4th 407 (5th Cir. 2021), because the court denied a first-grade student substantive due process relief after he faced excessive corporal punishment at school because it failed to evaluate violations of substantive and procedural due process separately. Accordingly, the Fifth Circuit created a greater divide between itself and the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and the Eleventh Circuits.
About the Authors
Smriti Aveeka Vats, J.D. candidate 2023, Tulane University Law School; M.S.Ed. 2020, Johns Hopkins University; B.A. 2017 New York University.
Citation
96 Tul. L. Rev. 787 (2022)